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How NOT to Be the World’s Greatest Copywriter
"Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of man." John Steinbeck It's really quite simple. Ruining the work of any great writer. It could ruin anything ad copywriters, novelists, screen writers, poets or theologians write. And … [Read more]
7 Ways Writing Saved My Life
Personal growth is never a seamless project. Rather it's a hack job we seem to patch together over time. We are messy people. Take the Barefoot Executive's [Carrie Wilkerson] story. … [Read more]
Hardcore Writing Advice: Read 100 Books in One Year
One hundred books in one year is a lot of books to read. Why would anyone want to do that? … [Read more]
Hardcore Writing Advice: Cultivate a Sick Sense of Humor
Blank stare. That's the reaction most people give me when I tell them that I'm a web writer. Granted, I enjoy that reaction. But what I enjoy most is the reaction I get when I elaborate. … [Read more]
Julian Assange’s Top 6 Tips on Becoming a Blogging Celebrity
Julian Assange is a wanted man. On like an international scale. Among the nations that publicly want him are the United States and Australia. Who knows who's after him behind the scenes. But how could a pale, skinny, white-haired programmer … [Read more]
How I Can Make You Read Every Single Line of This Article
You've been on my mind a lot lately. When I'm out cutting the lawn. Or running on the shoulder of the country road near my house. Or when I look at my daughter and the long strand of pink hair weaved into her hair. … [Read more]
How to Write an Original Post (That Will Likely Be Copied)
Whore. That's what she is. But not a slut. See, I don't know what she does behind closed doors. I don't care to know. What she does in private doesn't matter, really. What matters is what she does in public. She muscles around in … [Read more]